Improved medicine for cure of scarlatina, sore throat



NEE STATES PATENT OFFICE;

MARY ANN RAGSDALE, OF GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVED MEDICINE FOR CURE OF SCARLATINA, SORE THROAT, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,866, dated August 16, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY ANN RAGSDALE, of the township of Grass Valley,in the county of Nevada and State of California, have invented and compounded a new and efficient Medicine for the Cure of Scarlatina, Scarlet Rash, Group, SoreThroat, and Hoarseness,&c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of said medicine as invented and compounded by meto wit: two dra-rns of gum-myrrh; four drains of cayenne pepper, pulverized; fourdrams of strained honey; two drains of table-salt; two pounds of(0ne quart) strong vinegar, which compound is used as a gargle; and the other and accompanying medicine invented and compounded by me is composed of an herb known as dogfennel and hogs lard in the following proportions: dog-fennel, one ounce; sweet fresh lard, two ounces, which is used as an ointment, and also taken internally until it produces nausea,

the dose being varied according to the a go and condition of the patient, the usual dose as given by me being for a child ten drops, for a child ten years old twenty drops, and for an adult thirty to forty drops.

I WhatI claim as myinvention and compound, and for which I desire to secure Letters Patent of the Government of the United States, is-

The ointment and gargle compounded as herein described, the same being a new manufacture.

In testimony whereof I-have hereunto set my hand, this 28th day of April, A. D. 1864, at the town of Grass Valley, Nevada county and State of California.

MARY A. RAGSDALE.

In presence of- A. DELANO, I. (1. DEUEL. 

